New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13


some ono IS helm III 4, Il hes could have AZ
Sforded r.. q hntsit tonIx ever @l cent Va
ieonId q L and scrana IA s,et alon 3. and
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would have heen foolisbnass to th;nI
spf such 3 thinp, 5,'7 3 81
So 1 worked and fused alone until
fall came. had managed 10 live
through the summer. but ID fairly.
dreaded the rainy reasen. for I had
that Ii was sometimes 90 had IN
The road. 4 fcliff road 4 was. and had
enough at any time. what with the
mud and the oyerfows Of the noun
tain streams and the slides from the
mount aims, that there we're weeks at q
time that no team could get along on IS:
and there we would be penned up away
from everybody after the rains had SET
lin, for no one knew how long. The
thought Of that made me crosser than
ever, and if Abner had not had the
patience of Job he would have been
fairly ontdone with me. AS it was he
kept his temper and held his tongue.
Not cross word would be given me.
no mater how ugly and aggravating I
was, (and goodness knows, a cranky
woman can be the ugliest and most
aggravating creature in the world
but a sorry look would come into his
eyes, and he would lay himself out
more than ever to help and please me.
So matters went along until one day
the end came to it ala day that
changed the whole course of nv
thoughts of my life, and made, thank
God, different woman of me. ..
It was a lovely day in the fall. The
FIRST light rains had washed all the snm-
mer's dust from the trees and bushes.
and faint and tender green was an
pearing upon the hitherto barren SLOPE
of the mountain above us. Even /.
with all my dislike of the redwoods.
could not but confess that our little
place, and its surroundings, was we'll
worth looking at under the bright. Oc-
tober sunshine. Behind and above us
the mountain stretched up to the blue
skies in front, the clearing stoned
gently down to the split picket fence
lust outside of which twisted the mar
row snake-like road. which. with tha
fume beside it, ran alono the yerv
edge Of the deep rayine that separated
us from the mountain bevond. where
pines and redwoods, that seemed to
have forgotten when to stop GROWING.
stretched up tall and straight as need.
les, hundred and fifty feet from earth
to top, while around their great trunks
dense thiclets of the shininp -leayed
manzanita, elder trees (not ..bushes''
in this country, but large-sized trees).
and others of which had never cared
to learn the names, formed an almost
impenetrable Jungle. 1t was beautiful.
all of it, and the dampened and re-
freshed earth and foliage sent M a
sweet and grateful odor as the sun
shone WARMLY down upon them
Yes, it was beautiful, but there we're
the dishes to wash, the weeks wash.
ing to do, and dinner to get, and I had
little time to waste staring about me.
And then. RIGHT in the midst of nv
work. who should drive mn bnt : oan-
tleman and lady-the snperintendent
of one of the mills and his tine-ladv
wife from the Bay. &
The man. he wanted ia 90 ont
among the timber with ,Abner. and So
she staid with me. and She tried her
best to be polite and agreeable. but T
felt crosser than ever as ! looked al her
stylish hat and dress. her little bit Of
hiph -heeled boots her narasol covered
with lace, and her fur cloak and lone
kid cloves. IL didn't seem ripht ia me- e
that she should be wearing such thinos.
and / be roasting myself over the stove
with mean old colico dress on. and
not pair of Kid gloves to NV name
Il had 10 be civil to her. Of conrse Inf
her chatter about the scenery and ali
that nearly drove me- wild and wac
thankful when they went away and left
me to myself again. How cross / was
that day! That woman's clothes and
airs and graces lust haunted me and I
could think Of nothing except the con
trast between us.
Abner. he was looking kind Of pale
and tagged out. He had been com
planning little off and on for a day